Can VMWare ESX or ESXi be installed and used inside a virtual machine?
It can be installed inside VMWare Workstation or Server, but then it doesn't work; the main symptoms are:
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VMWare ESX or ESXi CAN run inside a virtual machine, provided certain prerequisites are satisfied.
This kind of setup is of course completely useless (and totally unsupported) in a production environment, but can be very useful for two purposes:
Prerequisites:Vmware Layer How To Installl Esxi Usb
Setup:
Usage:
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Installing a 64 bit OS is pre required for installing the VM ware ESXi version.I dont think u can carry on with ths installation if the CPU dosent support.
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I was able to successfully install ESXi 4.1 into a Virtualbox VM. I had the same issue with the keyboard not being recognized. Out of a whim, I tried installing it on Virtualbox 3.2.6 making a few adjustments and found no problems.
When you create the VM, set memory to 2gb, the hard drive to 10gb, I changed the network card to Bridged so I could use the client from my host desktop, then click the advanced option and select the Intel 1000 Server MT card. I also changed the video to 128mb, but I doubt that would hinder anything if it were lower. Walla, no keyboard problems and the install completed fine. you can then do all your configuration changes with no problems.
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vSphere 6.5 has been released! With the release yesterday of VMware vSphere 6.5, this is a quick post showing screenshots of the VMware ESXi 6.5 Install step by step and what to expect with the install. For the most part there are no surprises here with the installer as it keeps with the look and configuration that we have all come to know with vSphere 6.x.
First things first, you need to download the ISO from VMware. You can do that here directly from VMware.
There are some important compatibility considerations at this point. The following is straight from VMware:
Compatibility considerations
VMware ESXi 6.5 Install step by step
The ISO image that I downloaded from VMware was 336,156KB and the build number for 6.5 looks to be 4564106. The screenshots below show the installer booting from the ISO. Keep in mind that you have many options with the ISO – burning the ISO to optical media, booting from it directly in nested install configuration, or creating a bootable USB disk with a utility like Rufus.
The installer begins with the familiar greeting.
As before, we select the disk to install or upgrade.
Download Vmware Esxi
Next, we choose our language.
Setting the root password…
Scanning for components screen is next.
The disk is repartitioned with the install by pressing F11.
The install begins!
After the installer completes, we are prompted to reboot by pressing ENTER.
The host reboots.
Below is a quick screen caught as the system was halted and reboot begins.
Alas, we are at the first DCUI spash screen for 6.5.
The DCUI menus look the same with no surprises here in the management network configuration or other options found in the menus.
Thoughts
There were no surprises in the VMware ESXi 6.5 Install step by step as the screens, colors, options, and expected behavior are a direct takeaway from 6.x installs that we are familiar with at this point. However, we didn’t expect much change here either. Next, we will take a look at the upgrade process to get a host that is running 6.0 U2 with patches up to version 6.5.
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